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Article: Giuliani to Run for N.Y. Mayor; GOP Ex-Prosecutor Pledges to Fight `Crack, Crime and Corruption'
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- The Washington Post
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- May 18, 1989
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Former federal prosecutor Rudolph W. Giuliani, declaring that the
city is beset by "crack, crime and corruption," today formally
launched his effort to oust Mayor Edward I. Koch with a "fusion"
candidacy designed to end 16 years of Democratic rule here.
In the East Side Republican Club where Fiorello La Guardia
announced for mayor in 1933, Giuliani told a noisy crowd that he is
determined to "take our streets, parks and subways back from the
criminals" and "instill a sense of fear" in drug users and other
lawbreakers.
Despite his Republican pedigree in this Democratic city, Giuliani
enters the race as the clear front-runner, with polls showing that he
would crush Koch and defeat Manhattan ...